Geoffrey Hughes

Born in Wallasey, Merseyside, England, UK on February 2, 1944 — died July 27, 2012 (aged 68)

Geoffrey Hughes DL was an English actor. Hughes provided the voice of Paul McCartney in the animated film Yellow Submarine, and rose to fame for portraying much-loved binman Eddie Yeats in the long-running British soap opera Coronation Street from 1974 to 1983, making a return to the show in 1987.